Prosecutors have dismissed a separate allegation against the accused killer of prominent Adelaide physician Michael Yung, while they finish charges against his co-accused girlfriend.
In Gilberton, in Adelaide’s inner-north, Kerem Aydin, 23, is still charged with killing the reputable paediatrician after a violent house invasion in December.
On Wednesday, he appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court virtually as his child’s mother, Jacinta Davila, made her first in-person appearance in court.
Aydin was previously charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass in a dwelling, but that charge was later withdrawn. The other accusation was of trespassing with the purpose to take things valued at over $30,000.
Davila is charged with trying to help Aydin hide the crime by trying to clean blood off of clothes that were discovered at the Thebarton residence of the couple.
In December, the murder and trespassing charges that were originally brought against her were withdrawn.
In order to care for the couple’s small son, the 27-year-old was at the time freed on bond.
Donning an all-black ensemble and a gold crucifix necklace, Davila requested a postponement of the hearing while she awaits the processing of her legal aid paperwork.
She should keep getting legal counsel, Chief Magistrate Mary-Louise Hribal advised, since the remaining charge against her is a “serious matter”.
She set a committal hearing for the two in May when they would return to court.
Then, in September, they are scheduled to appear in court to respond to the charges.
Hribal was informed by prosecutors that they were optimistic a post-mortem and a DNA analysis report would be finished in time for the September hearing.
